Oct 04, 2024 How BESS can save the EU billions! By David Beeston Show me the money! Those of a certain age will remember the famous Jerry Maguire line. I often think of this when discussing the merits...
Oct 02, 2024 Europe's focus on implementation. Play to your Strengths! By David Beeston In recent years there has been a lot of encouraging policy and regulatory change, especially around market design reforms, to help...
Sep 24, 2024 What makes a great Chief of Staff? By David Beeston “What actually is a Chief of Staff?" - a question I received from a recent candidate I spoke to. This past 12-18 months I've observed a...
Sep 11, 2024 You must focus on your offtakers! By David Beeston This week I met with the C-suite of a client of ours (an ESS startup) and discussed their progress, particularly relating to scaling...
Sep 03, 2024 The Great Consolidation in Batteries is Real By David Beeston The Great Consolidation in Energy Storage is here. Once again, extremely insightful from Laurent and Gerard at Redefining Energy,...
Aug 30, 2024 Britain’s unusual stance on Chinese electric vehicles By David Hunt There is no point closing the gate, when the horse has already bolted! That seems to be an understanding the British have, that the US...
Aug 28, 2024 Nothing CEO's RTO policy. Have we gone back in time?! By David Beeston For a moment, I thought we'd gone back in time after reading this article. The CEO of a smartphone startup making the accusation that...
Aug 27, 2024 The importance of Thermal Energy Storage By David Beeston Li-ion batteries have dominated conversations in energy storage for some time now. Rightly so, they're an amazing technology that are...
Aug 21, 2024 The challenge of mass scaling in the battery sector...even for Northvolt! By David Beeston This news of Northvolt winding down it's lithium-metal R&D subsidiary, Cuberg, in California and shifting R&D to Sweden, is a real blow...
Jul 30, 2024 A glass half full view on EV battery supply By David Beeston There's a lot of doom and gloom on the EV battery supply chain in the press lately. Some worry we'll run out of critical minerals to meet...
Jul 26, 2024 UK Home Energy Storage on the Rise By David Beeston Promising data coming out on the UK domestic installations of cleaner energy technologies so far in 2024 - whether it be Solar PV panels,...
Jul 26, 2024 What does GB Energy mean for climate tech? By David Hunt Having a Government that isn't ideologically opposed to renewables is quite refreshing after 14 years. That's an understatement, it's...